Dough-feeding device.



,852. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

A. W. GOPLAND.

DOUGH FEEDING DEVICE.

.31 1902. APPLIOATION FILED JAN l 7 SHEETS SHEET 1.

INVENTOR WITNESSES PATENTED FEB.

A. W. GOPLAND.

DOUGH FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 31, 1902. 7 SHEETS SHEET 2- WITN SSE?- ,852. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

A. W. OOPLAND.

DOUGH FEEDING DEVICE.

LIGATION D J .31,1902. APP FILE AN 7 SHEETSSHEET 3.

' WITNESSES- ,852. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

A. W. GOPLAND.

DOUGH FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1902.

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No. 879,852. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. A. W. GOPLAND.

DOUGH FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED .31 1902.

JAN 7 SHEETS-SHEET 5.

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No. 879,852. PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908. A. W. OOPLAND.

DOUGH FEEDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 31, 1902.

7 SHEETSSHEET 7.

WI NESSES INVENTOR Y A ttorncys.

II i jTATES PATENT ALEXANDER W. COPLAND, 0F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

DOUGH-FEEDING- DEVIUE.

No. erases.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 25, 1.908..

Application filed January 31. 1902., Serial No. 92006.

The invention relates to improvements in dough feeding devices, and the particular application herein shown illustrates means for feeding dough from a cracker or cake cutter to the oven.

The invention consists in a device for feed ing the cut dough strip intermittently into an oven, which, so far as I am aware, has heretofore .been done entirely by hand.

.Gombined with the oven feeding mechanism is means for feeding the dough strip to the oven feed.

So far as I am aware, I am the first to devise mechanismwhich will take the product from a continuously operating cutter (whether reciprocating or rotary) and feed it intermittently into an oven.

The invention also consists in the various parts of the dough feed mechanism including so called stripper transfer mechanism for feeding the dough transversely to its original line of movement, and in the various combinations of devices and mechanisms pointed portion of Fig. 4.

of a portion of the mechanism. Fig. 7 is an end elevation of a portion of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is an end elevation similar to Fig. 7 partly in section. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a portion of the oven feeding mechanism. ig. 10 is a horizontal section, illustrating the traveling intermeshing gears shown in Fig. 9. Fig. 11 is a diagram view illustrating the complete drive train for all of the various mechanisms of the machine. Fig. 12 is a diagrammatic plan view showing the devices as arranged for'feeding to adjacent ovens. Fig. 13 is a similar plan showing the oven charge in the oven. larged detail of Fig. 6.

The machine comprises," feed devices to the oven feed, and the oven feed. In the machine in which my invention is herein illustrated, the feed devices to the oven feed Fig. 14 shows an encornprises a feed from the cutter, a transfer mechanism upon which the cut dough is stripped or peeled in sections and which transfers sections at an angle to the original line of movement upon a stripper which strips or peels the sections upon the oven feed. This stripper I call the charge stripper, as it delivers a charge upon the oven feed. The oven feed I also show in the form of a stripper or peeler reciprocating into and out of the oven, and delivering its charge therein, intermittently, leaving time between the charging for withdrawing the baked charge from the oven shelf. The oven feed is also shown as co-acting with mechanism for shifting the oven to present a new shelf at each operation.

In describing the machine I will begin with the devices immediately adjacent to the cutting machine, not shown, and trace the mechanisms successively to the oven feed.

1 is a ortion of the conveyer or feeding belt leading from a cutter not shown and upon which the cut dough from the cutter is continuously fed.

2 is a carrier for receiving the out product from the conveyer 1 and for delivering sections of the same upon the transfer carrier. The carrier 2 is in the form of an endless belt passing around a roll 3, adjacent to the end of the carrier 1, and extending from this roll over the frame 4 and above the transfer 5. 6 is a thin plate or bar having a rounded edge and forming a support around which the belt 2 passes. stripping mechanism and is connected to bearings 7 which are slidingly mounted upon guides 8 arranged upon opposite sides of the belt and extending longitudinally thereof. The belt 2 after passing around the bar 6 returns substantially parallel to its upper portion to a point beyond the forward edge of the transfer carrier and then passes around idler rolls 9 and 10 and a drive roll 11. It then passes around an idler 12 from which it extends to the roll 3. The roll 10 is arranged to form a loop in the belt between the rolls 9 and 11 and is adapted to be drawn downward to take up the slack in the belt during feeding device in the act of depositing a] the operation of stripping. This stripping This bar forms a portion of the.

occurs whenever the portion of the belt immediately above the transfer carrier is filled with a section of the product which is to be de osited on the transfer. To effect the stripping the bar 6 and idler 10 are caused to move simultaneously, the former in the reverse direction to the feed of the belt and the by the arrow ,at aspeed preferably substantially the same as that of the carrier 1, so as to receive the cut product from said carrier and to convey it over the transfer carrier, after which the stripping mechanism will be thrown into operation and will cause the'belt 2 to be withdrawn from beneath the product so that the latter will drop upon the transfer.

As the delivery belt '1 is continuous in operation, it is necessary that the belt 2 be also continuously fed forward that it may constantly receive the roduct from the belt '1. Thus the belt 2'wil continue to feed forward during the operation of stripping and. in

order that this may not result in the crowd-.

ing or the pilin one upon the other of the succeeding crac ers or' cakes, the transfer carrier is preferablyalso fed in the same direction and at the same speed as-the belt 2 during the stripping. This is accomplished by mounting the transfer upon a movable frame 15 which is connected with suitable actuating mechanism for intermittently reciprocating it timed to move forward syn-'.

chronously with the rearward movement of the stripper bar 6. Any suitable-mechanism is employed for this purpose, but that shown in the drawing comprises an intermittently actuated pinion 16 and a rectangular frame 17 embraci said pinion. Tlus frame is rovided wit rack sections upon: its. inner aces with one of which said pinion is in mesh, and adjacent to the pinion is a cam '18 upon the pinion shaft for raising or lowering said frame to alternately throw the pinion in mesh with the. racks on opposite sides thereof; it The frame .17 is thus caused to re ciprocate and by means of connecting links 19 its movement is imparted to the frame 15.

The stri ping mechanism is also preferably actuate 7. through the same reciprocating drive mechanism andto this end the frame 15 is provided with a forwardly projecting rack 20which engages with a pinion 21 upon train 22.

the shaft of the sprocket 14. Thus, whenever the pinion 16 is rotated a reciprocating movement is imparted to the frames 17 and 15, which in turn actuate the transfer carrier and the stripper as before described.

During each cycle ofmovement the belt 2 is moved fora sufficient distance to receive a section of the product of the required length. As the total length of the upperportion of the belt 2 is considerably greater than the length of one section, it is evident that more than one section will be'upon the belt at the same time. In order that these sections maybe ke t neatly separated from each other during t e operation of stripping it is advisable to provide a periodic acceleration in the speed ofthe belt 2, or what I shall call a skip, which causes a gap or space. between succeeding sections. This is effected by providing the roll 11 with two drive connections, one of which drives it continuously at normal speed and .the other at intervals throws it forward at faster speed. As shown, this mechanism comprises a car train 22, receiving its movement from as liaft 23, which is continuously driven at uniform speed and transmits a much slower movement to a shaft 24, the latter being directly connected by the gears 25 and 26 with the rolllll The gear train 22 includes a ratchet wheel 27, preferably upon the shaft 24, and a pawl 28 en aging therewith, which latter is preferab y secured to a gear 29 loosely sleeved upon the shaft 24. Thus the shaft 24 while driven positively'and continuously from the shaft 23 is nevertheless capable of being moved aheadof its drive'train to permit of the skip movement. This skip is caused by a second drive connection also actuated by the shaft 23 and comprising a clutch 30 on said shaft, acrank 31 sleeved upon said shaft and adapted to be connected thereto by said clutch, a pitman 32 connected to said crank, a'rock arm 33 loose upon the shaft 24 and connected tothe op osite end of said pitman and a pawl 34 carried b said rock arm engaging aratchet wheel 35 fixed 11 on the shaft 24. The clutch 30 is controll with the movable member on the clutch and the opposite end-of said lever extends into the path'of a cam 37 u on, the gear wheel 25, the arrangement being such that whenever in the rotation of the shaft 24 the cam 37 is caused to actuate the lever 36 the latter will cause the coupling of he clutch, which through the mechanism just described will drive the shaft 24 for a limited distance ed by a lever 36 engaging at a faster speed than that imparted by the g In order th at the amount of the ski movement may be accurately determine the'diseng'agement of the clutch is effected.

eves-r2 ing one complete revolution of the shaft 23 and then to permit of their disengagement by a spring 40.

The transfer comprises an endless belt carrier which passes around a drive roll 41 and a thin bar 42 to form a horizontal section 43 on which the product is deposited from the strip er. The direction of feed of the transfer elt is preferably at right angles to the belt 2, so that the section delivered thereon is fed transversely. The object of this construction is to permit of arranging a' charge for the oven which is of greater width than the widths of the cutter which delivers the product to the belt 2.

I The feed of the transfer belt is intermittent and only occurs during the intervals in which the stripper mechanism is stationary. During this interval a sufficient movement is made to deliver the section deposited on the transfer onto an adjacent carrier belt or what has been heretofore termed a charge stripper 44, as it is adapted to peel or strip the charge thereon to deposit it upon the oven feed.

The mechanism for driving the transfer carrier and the charge stripper carrier is so timed that the latter is always actuated during a movement of the former, but the charge carrier is adapted to be periodically moved or skipped at an accelerated speed. This is for the purpose of separating one charge from a succeeding one and also to permit of making a gap between succeeding charges equal to the space between two. ovens where more than one oven is fed by the same charge carrier.

The drive mechanism for the transfer and charge carriers includes the drive mec'ham ism heretofore described as far as the shaft 24. Upon this shaft is mounted a sprocket wheel 45 which is connected by the chain 46 with an intermediate sprocket 47.

48 is a sprocket on the shaft of the sprocket 47 which is connected by a chain 49 with a sprocket 50 on a shaft 51.

52 is an interrupted gear upon the shaft 51 which intermittently meshes with a gear 53 upon a parallel shaft 54. The latter has mounted thereon the pinion 16 and cam 18 heretofore referred to, as causing the inter mittent actuation of the section stripper.

55 is a bevel gear upon the shaft 54 meshing with a bevel gear 56 on a shaft 57.

prising the gears 58, 59 and 60 with a shaft 61 parallel to the shaft 57.

62 1s a sprocket wheel sleeved upon the shaft 61 and adapted to be periodically '74 extending parallel to the shaft 57.

V The latter is connected through a gear train cornscribed which connects the roll 67 with the drive mechanism, is a second drive train for said roll, comprising the following members: 72 is a bevel gear upon the shaft 51 which meshes with a bevel gear 73 upon the shaft 75 is an interrupted gear wheel on the shaft 74, and 76 is a pinion for meshing therewith secured to a short shaft 77. having at its outer end a crank 78. This crank is connected by a pitman 79 with a rock arm 80 loosely sleeved upon the shaft 81. 82 is a ratchet wheel upon this shaft adjacent to the rock arm 80 and 83 is a pawl secured to the rock arm and engaging said ratchet. 84 is a gear wheel on the shaft 81 meshing with a pinion 85 connected with the sprocket 68 by the sleeve 85 loose upon the shaft 66. l

The machine is also provided with a third drive train for the roll 67 which receives its movement from the shaft 57 and includes the following members. 86 is a sprocket on the shaft 57 connected by a chain with the sprocket 87 upon a shaft 88 extending parallel to the shaft 57. The sprocket 87 is loosely sleeved upon the shaft 88 and is adapted to be intermittently coupled therewith by a clutch 89. 90 is a crank on the shaft 88 connected by a pitman 91 with the rock arm 92 sleeved upon the shaft 61. This rock arm carries the pawl 93 engaging with the ratchet wheel 94secured to the sprocket 62.

By tracing the three drive trains as above given it will be observed that the roll 67 is adapted to be driven by any one of the three, but that on account of the clutches and interrupted gears forming members of said trains they are not all operating at the same time. It will be further observed that the train starting with the shaft 51 is capable of movement during the interval of rest of the shaft 54 while the interrupted gear 52 is out of mesh with the pinion 53. Thispermits of driving the sprocket 68 during the time interval in which the stripper 6 and frame 15 for reciprocating the transfer are at rest. [is' the sprocket 68 is directly connected by the chain 69 with the sprocket 70 on the shaft 71 and as the roll 41 is driven by the shaft 71 it will be evident that the transfer belt will be driven whenever the said train is in operation. The sprocket 68 has secured thereto an arm 95 which carries the pawl 96 engaging with a ratchet wheel 97 fixed upon the shaft 66. Thus whenever the sprocket 68 isin carries a toothed wheel 160.

motion a like movement will be imparted to the shaft 66 through the ratchet and pawl and the shaft 66 will in turn drive the roll 67 which drives the charge carrier.

As it is desired for transfer of material from one to the other to drive the transfer carrier and the charge carrier belts only during the interval of rest of the section stripper it is necessary that a break in the drive should occur whenever the shaft 54 is being driven. This is provided for by the interrupted gear wh1ch is so timed and proportioned that whenever the interrupted gear 52 is out of mesh with the gear wheel 53 said interrupted gear 75 will be in mesh with the gear wheel 76. On the other hand when the gear 52'is driving the gear 53 the gear 75 will be out of mesh with the gear 76 so that the sprocket 68 will remain stationary.

The normal driving of the transfer and section carrier belts being provided for by the mechanism above described, the object of the other two drive trains of the shaft 66 is to provide for the two ships of the section carrier belt 44. One of these skips occurs whenever a complete charge has been deposited upon the section carrier belt 44.

and 56, the shaft 57, toe intermeshing gears 58 and 59 and 60, the shaft 61, the clutch 63, the sprocket 62, the chain e4, sprocket 65 shaft 66 and roll 67. The clntcn 63' is con.- trolled by a time mechanism which will now be described.

98 is a cam wheel preferably in the form of a disk mounted upon the shaft which also The latter is adapted to be intermittently driven by the pawl 111i which is shown in the form of a roll secured to the crank 1'02 fixed upon the shaft 24. The disk 98 has formed thereon preferably upon one side a projecting cam which is adapted in the rotation of the disk to actuate the rock arm 1013- upon a rock shaft 164. is another rock arm upon the shaft 104 which is connected by a link 106 with a rock arm .67 arranged to actuate the clutch 63. 'lhe timing of the mechanism is such that the clutch will be thrown into engagement after a complete charge has been delivered upon the carrier belt. 4 1' so that the helt will be driven forward to leave a space between the charge and the succeeding sec tion.

vi herethe apparatus is used for feeding a single oven mechanism similar to that just described is all that is necessary to separate succeeding charges from each other upon the charge carrier, but if the machine is used for feeding two or more ovens it is necessary to provide two independent skip mechanisms, the one described being employed for spacing the charges by a distance equal to that between the two ovens and a second one separating succeeding double charges from each other. As shown this latter skip mechanism comprises the third train previously described which derives its motion from the shaft 57 through the medium of the sprocket wheel 86 thereon. In this train is the clutch 89 which. is also preferably actuated by mechanism controlled by the disk 98 and constructed as follows: I

I .108 is a cam preferably upon the periphcry of the disk which is adapted to cooperate with a rock arm 109 upon the rock shaft 110. 111 is a rock arm on this shaft connected by a link 112 with a rock arm 113 for actuating the clutch 89. -Thus, whenever the cam 108 actuates the arm 109 the clutch 89 will be drawn into engagement which will drive the shaft 88 and through the crank 90 and pitman 91, rock arm 92, pawl 93 and ratchet wheel 94 will actuate the sprocket 62 and cause the forward drive of the belt 4 4.

It is to be noticed that during both skip movements the transfer belt 5 remains stationary. This is permitted for the reason that the sprocket 68 is loose upon the shaft 66 and the former is driven through the medium of the ratchet and pawl 96 and 97 and this connection will not interfere-with the independent movement of the shaft 66.

The charge carrier 44 comnrises an endless belt which passes around the drive roll 67 and thence forward horizontally for a sufficient distance to receive the charge or a number of charges according as the machine is designed for one or more ovens. At the forward end of this horizontal portion of the belt is a thin bar 11% around which the belt asses and then returns substantially paralcl to the upper portion. Near the rear end of the frame the returning portion of the belt passes around an idler roll 115 thence downward and around an idler 1.16 to a traveling roll 1.17. From this roll the belt returns and after passing around an idler 118 and take-up rolls 1 19, passes to the drive roll- 67. The roll 117 is connected with the thin bari 14 by a flexible reciprocatory connection 120 similar to the one described for the section stripper mechanism.

The chain 126 is rcciprocated at the prover time by a drive sprocket wheel 12 1. This wheel is itself driven through the medium of gears 122 and 123 connecting it with a shaft 124 and the latter is connected by miter gear Wheels 125 with a shaft 126. The'shaft erases 126 is preferably arranged in alinement with a shaft 127 which constitutes a part of the driving mechanism for the shaft 23, being connected thereto by a straight belt connection 128. a

The shaft 127 is constantly driven by a belt connection 129 from a shaft 130, which constitutes the drive shaft for the entire mechanism. This shaft 130 is connected by a cross belt connection 131 by a pulley 132 sleeved upon the shaft 126.

133 is a clutch for coupling the shaft 126 with the pulley 132 and 134 is a second clutch for coupling the shaft 127 with the shaft 126. These clutches are operated alternatively through a common mechanism which mechanism has an intermediate osition in which both clutches are out of engagement. This operating mechanism comprises a sleeve 135 having suitable connection with the clutches 133 and 134. These clutches may be of any desired construction and need not be described in detail.

The sleeve 135 is actuated by a rock arm 136. This is actuated bysuitable connecting mechanism which is controlled by a third cam on the disk 98 and is of the following construction 137 is a rock shaft to which the rock arm 136 is secured. 138 is a second rock arm thereon connected by a link 139 with a bell crank lever 140, the opposite arm of which is connected with a vertical bar 141. This bar is adapted to be actuated by a rock arm 142 engaging with a cam lug 143 on the disk 93, preferably arranged upon the opposite side from the lug 99. The rock arm 142 ac tuates a rock arm 144 which is connected with the vertical bar141. The upper end of the bar 141 is connected to a rock arm 145 on a rock shaft 146 extending longitudinally to and adjacent to the-carrier belt 44. Upon this rock shaft 146 are two trip arms 147 and 148, respectively arranged at the opposite ends of the horizontal portion of the charge carrier belt.

The arrangement of mechanism just described is such that at a certain point in the rotation of the disk 93, the lug 143 will actuate the rock arm 142 and through the rock arm" 144, vertical bar 141, bell crank lever 140, link 139, rock arm 138, rock shaft 137 and rock arm 136 will move the sleeve 135 so as to-throw into engagement the clutch 134.

- This will couple the shaft 126 with the shaft 127 and through the bevel gears 125, shaft 124, gears 123 and 122 will drive the sprocket 121. The movement of the sprocket 121 will cause the feeding of the chain 120, which will simultaneously actuate the traveling roll 117 and the thin bars 114 to cause the stripping of the charge on the belt 44. The bar 114 is connected to a frame 149 which travels upon longitudinal ways 150 mounted on the framework of the machine.

As the horizontal portion of the belt 44 i which carries the charge or charges is necessarily of considerable length it is desirable to provide supports therefor which will prevent sagging. At the same time it is necessary to withdraw the supports whenever the operation of stripping takes place, in order not to .44 and connected at their forward ends to the traveling frame 149. Thesebelts pass over idlers 153 and 154 and downward from the belt 44, thence around idlers 145 and 146 and are connected to the traveling frame in which the roll 117 is journaled. This frame 157 is adapted to travel upon guides 158 on the frame work of the machine. The belts 151 and 152 are rovided with aseries of cross-bars 159 which extend across beneath the belt 44 and slidingly engage with ways 150 and also ways 160 secured adjacent to the ways 150 for the traveling frame 149. These bars serve to support the sections of the belt 44 so as to prevent any sagging therein. At the same time as the belts 151 and 152 are connected at opposite ends thereof to the frames 149 and 157, it is evident that these belts, together with their cross bars will be withdrawn whenever the bar 1 14 is drawn back during the operation of stripp s- Near the end of the rearward movement of the frame 149,, the trip 147 will be actuated thereby which will cause the rocking of. the shaft 146 and arm 145 thereon thereby actuating the vertical bar .141. The latter throu h the intermediate connections previously escribed will move the sleeve 135 so asto disengage the elutch-133 and throw into en agement the clutch 134. This will coup e the shaft 126 with the shaft 127 and drive the former in the reverse direction from its previous operation, so that the movement of the sprocket 120 will be likewise reversed. Thus the frame 149 and bar 114 will be moved forward again until they reach their normal positions.

Just before reaching its forward position the frame 149 will actuate the trip 148 to rock the shaft 146 again, the amount and direction of movement being such that the sleeve 135' will be thrown into its central position. Both clutches 133 and 134 will thus be disconnected from the shaft 126 so that the latter will remain stationary until another charge has been accumulated upon the carrier and is ready to be stripped.

The oven feed is in the form of a reciprocating carrier which is provided with strippingor peeling mechanism by which the pro ducts once delivered into the oven is deposited upon the shelf therein. As shown, this carrier comprises a carriage frame 161 bearings secure supported upon wheels 162, the latter being adapted to travel upon a track 163. This track is of sufficient length to reciprocate the carria e from a position in which the apron for ho ding the product is directly beneath The frame has journaled therein the shafts167 and 168, the former constituting the ivot for connecting the frame 165 to the locks 166. This shaft passesthrough bearings in said blocks and has secured thereon pinions 169 adapted to mesh with racks 170 secured to the guides 164. Adjacent to the pinion 169 at one end of the shaft 167 is a bevel gear 171 adapted to mesh with a bevel gear 172 sleeved upon a shaft 173. This shaft is journaled in bearings 174 secured to the guides 164. The bevel gear 172 is journaled in a bracket 175 secured to the block 166 and said bevel gear is also feathered to the shaft 173 so as to becompelled to rotate therewith, but is free to slide longitudinally thereon. 176 is a bevel gear wheel at the endof the shaft 173 which meshes with a bevel gear wheel'177 on a short shaft 178. The latter is journaled in on the guide 164 and a bracket 179 thereto. 180 is a pinion secured to the shaft 178. I

The arrangement of the parts just described is such that whenever the pinion 180 is rotated its movement will be transmitted through the shaft 178, bevel gear wheels 177 and 176 to the shaft 173, and from the latter to the bevel gear 172 which rotates the bevel gear 171, shaft 167 and pinions 169 thereon. As these pinions engage with the racks 170 it is evident that the blocks 166 and ivoted frame 165 will be caused to trave along the guides 164. The direction of travel W1ll depend upon the direction of rotation of the pinion 180.

The frame 165 is of a width suflicient to receive an entire charge for the oven and is adapted to be periodically projected into the oven by the mechanism just described.

Upon this frame is mounted the apron or.

peel 184, which is adapted to receive the product from the charge stripper 44. This apron is preferably formed in. three or more sections arranged adjacent to each other,

. two of the sections passing around rolls 181 on the shaft 168 .and the central section passing around a roll 182 on a shaft 183 parallel to the shaft 168. The apron 18.4 is endless and passes from the drive roll 182 or 181 to a thin bar 185 constituting a portion of the frame 165. Suitable tightencr rolls, such as 186 and 187 are also provided for traveling carriage 161.

holding the apron taut. The shafts 167 and 168 are connected by intermeshing gears 188 and 189 and a ratchet andawl connection 190, 19 1, by means of which the movement .of the shaft 167 in one direction will impart a similar movement to theshaft 168, but when rotated in the opposite direction the ratchet and pawl connection will permit the shaft 168 to remain stationary.

The carriage 161 is reci rocated upon its track 163 by means of the ollowing mechan ism: 1.92 and 193 are pulleys upon the shaft '23 which are connected respectively by straight and cross belts 194 and 195 with pulleys 196 and 197 upon a shaft 198 arranged beneath the frame 161. These pulleys 196 and. 197 are adapted to be; alternatively coupled to the shaft 198 by clutches similar in construction to those upon the shaft 127 and operated by a lever or rock arm 199. The arran ement is such that in the central position of said rock arm 199.both clutches are disconnected, so that thepulleys 196 and 197 are loose upon the shaft 198, while the movement upon opposite sides of said central position of the lever 199 willrespectively couple said pulleys to the shaft. The shaft 198 has secured thereon a pinion 200 which meshes with a gear wheel 201 upon a shaft 202 extending completely across beneath the 203 are pinions upon this shaft meshing with the racks 204 secured to the guides 164. cured to the shaft 202 which is arranged in the same vertical plane as the gear wheel 180 and is adapted in one position of the carriage to be thrown into mesh with said gear wheel. The arrangement of this mechanism is such that when the lever 199 is thrown to one side of its. central position the pulley 196 will be coupled to the shaft 198 as before described which will transmit rotary motion from the shaft 23 to the pinion 200. This through the medium of the gear wheel 201, shafts 202 and pinions 203 thereon will cause the latter to propel the racks 204 and cause the carriage to travel along its track 163 until the forward edge of the guides 164 come in contact with the wall of the oven or in close proximity thereto. For starting the movement of the carriage a tri 206 is arranged in the path of the traveling frame 149 of the stripping mechanism for the charge carrier so that after 205 is a gear sethe operation of its stripping a charge has been completed and the frame 149 in return- The movement of the carriage is arrested by the disengagement of the pinions 203 with the ends of the racks 204 and the parts are so proportioned that just as the pinions 203 are freed from said racks the gear wheel 205 will come into mesh with the gear wheel 180.

Thus after the carriage has come to rest rotary motion will still be-transmitted through the shaft 198 and drive train connected therewith to the gear wheel 180 and from the latter through the train previously described to the pinions 169. These will travel along the racks .170 and carry the frame 165, together with the peel apron mounted thereon and also the charge which has been previously deposited on said apron by the charge stripper into the oven and above the shelf on which the char e is to be deposited. This shelf is preferably connected with the rotary oven. carrier, but as this forms no art of the present invention a description 0 its mechanism is unnecessary.

When the peel apron has completed its inward movement a trip such as 214 is actu ated,which through suitable connecting mechanism 214 causes a reversal of the lever 199 so as to disconnect the pulley 196 from the shaft 198 and connect the pulley 197 thereto. As the latter is driven in the reverse direction through its cross. belt drive connection 195 the result will be that the entire train actuated by the shaft 198 will be moved in the reverse direction. This will first cause the pinions '169 to travel back upon the racks 170, withdrawing the frame 165' from the oven and after this frame 165 is completely withdrawn the pinions 203 will again be thrown in mesh with the racks 204 which will cause the carriage to travel back upon its track to its initial position.

During the withdrawal of the frame 165 from the oven the peel apron 184 must be driven forward at the same speed as the frame 165 is moved backward, in order that the charge may be stripped or peeled upon the shelf of the oven. This movement of the apron is accomplished by the connection be' frame to be tilted, so that during its inward movement towards the oven the peel apron is held in a horizontal position and after said apron has nearly completed its inward movement it will be dropped downward into an inclined position Where its forward end is-in close proximity to the oven shelf. This position will be maintained during the with drawal of the apron from the'oven and until it has nearly reached its normal position,

whereupon it will be'again tilted into a horizontal position. movement the frame 165 has projecting therefrom at opposite sidesthe lugs orrolls 215, which are adapted to travel in ways formed upon the guides 164. These ways have arranged at opposite ends hinged sec tions, such as 216 and 217 and also an inclined portion 219. by means of which the frame 165 is tilted from its horizontal to its inclined position in the forward movement of the carriage and is rightedagain at the end of the rearward'movement.

1 preferably provide adjustments for changing the amount of the various skip move- 'ments so'that the dough sections may be accurately registered with the transfer, and

For causing this tilting' the dough charges with the oven feed. To

this end the throw of the cranks 31 and is made variable by providing them with adjustable crank pins, and the gearing intermediate the shafts 57 and 61 is made variable by making one of the gears a change ear.

What I claim as my invention is: 1

1. The combination "with a continuous feeding mechanism for out dough, of mechanism for automatically separating sections of the cut dough therefrom and conveying it to a section stripper for feeding it to a transversely moving charge stripper, said section and charge strip ers, and an oven stripper to which the sections are fed'from the charge stripper.

2. The combination with a continuous feeding m echanism for out dough, of mechanism for automatically separating sec tions of the cut dough therefrom and delivering the same-to a section stripper, said section stripper, a cross feed belt to which the section stripper belt delivers the sections, a charge stripper to which the cross feed belt delivers the sections, and an oven stripper to which the charge stripper delivers the sections. 9

3. The combination of abelt stripper, a conveying belt beneath the same, means for intermittenly reciprocatin said conveyer synchronously with the ischarge of the stripper thereon, and means for actuating the conveyer belt to feed the charge therefrom.

4. The combination with a feeding belt for cut dough, a skip movement belt feeding therefrom, a stripper therefrom, a cross feed belt, said stripper and cross belt having a. synchronous movement with the skip movement of the feed belt.

5. A stripper comprising a looped belt, a movr ble loop bar on which the forward end of the loop is supported; and a movable means for deliverin cut dough-sections trans support'for the intermediate portionof the verselythereon, an a reciprocatin oven feed 3o loop. p device for receivingthe cut dong sections 6. A stripper comprising a loopedbelt, a from the charge carrier'and delivering the a 5 reciprocating loop bar on -which the forward same'into an oven.

end of the loop is supported, a movable sup- 10. A traveling feed carrier, a charge car port for the intermediate portion of the rier moving at an angle thereto, mechanism 35 ooped belt, a slack take-up for controlling 'for transferring the cut dough strip from the the slack in the looped belt, and a synchrofeed carrier to the charge carrier, an oven 10 nously moving take up forthe support. carrier, and mechanism for delivering the 7. A charge stripper comprising a looped cut dough from the charge carrier to the belt, a reciprocating loop bar on which the oven carrier.

" forward end of the loop is sup orted, a 11. The combination with an oven carrier,'

transversely rigid but longitudinal v flexible of a delivery carrier of lesser width than the .15 sup ort for the loop of the belt, a slack conoven carrier directed toward said oven and trol er for the looped belt, and a common means for transferring the sections of the actuating device for the slack controller and dough from said delivery carrier and deliver- 45 flexible support. ing the same to the oven carrier, rearranged '8. A charge stripper comprising a looped tohave the longitudinal dimension of the 20 belt, a reci rocating loop baron which the" section arranged transversely of the. oven forward en of the loop-is su ported, transcarrier. verselyri 'd but longitudinaly flexible sup- In testimony whereof I affix my signature .5 ports gor both wgbs of the loop1 eacg moxl inlg in presence of two'witnesses. 1 inui es eneat its su porte we ,asac T T 25 co troller for thelooper belt, and a common 1 ALEXAADER COPLA1\D actuatin device for the slack controller and Titnesses:

the flexi le su ports for the loop webs. M. B. O. DOGHERTY,

9. The com ination of a charge carrier, H. C. SMITH. 

